World map in AD 1870 — territory by country

Frame AD 1870 — world borders from AD 1870 to AD 1870. 132 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 21.68 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (132, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 21.68 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 8.78 million km²
3	Empire of Brazil	≈ 8.51 million km²
4	British Empire	≈ 8.42 million km²
5	United States	≈ 8.08 million km²
6	British Raj	≈ 4.19 million km²
7	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.11 million km²
8	Mexico	≈ 2.00 million km²
9	Khedivate of Egypt	≈ 1.83 million km²
10	Argentine Confederation	≈ 1.72 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 1.62 million km²
12	Bolivia	≈ 1.58 million km²
13	Peru	≈ 1.37 million km²
14	Colombia	≈ 1.22 million km²
15	Venezuela	≈ 935 thousand km²
16	Ottoman Tripolitania	≈ 894 thousand km²
17	Dutch East Indies	≈ 828 thousand km²
18	Second Saudi state	≈ 817 thousand km²
19	Union between Sweden and Norway	≈ 804 thousand km²
20	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 793 thousand km²
21	Emirate of Afghanistan	≈ 666 thousand km²
22	Cape Colony	≈ 625 thousand km²
23	Austria-Hungary	≈ 623 thousand km²
24	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 607 thousand km²
25	Second French Empire	≈ 566 thousand km²
26	Spanish Empire	≈ 541 thousand km²
27	French Africa	≈ 527 thousand km²
28	Spain	≈ 496 thousand km²
29	Empire of Japan	≈ 462 thousand km²
30	North German Confederation	≈ 449 thousand km²
31	Myanmar	≈ 437 thousand km²
32	Imerina	≈ 427 thousand km²
33	Morocco	≈ 386 thousand km²
34	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 385 thousand km²
35	Great Britain	≈ 345 thousand km²
36	Panthay Rebellion	≈ 342 thousand km²
37	Chile	≈ 315 thousand km²
38	South African Republic	≈ 294 thousand km²
39	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
40	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
41	Ecuador	≈ 263 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 262 thousand km²
43	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
44	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 234 thousand km²
45	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
46	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 227 thousand km²
47	French Indochina	≈ 209 thousand km²
48	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 193 thousand km²
49	Uruguay	≈ 181 thousand km²
50	Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)	≈ 169 thousand km²
51	Denmark–Norway	≈ 160 thousand km²
52	Asante Empire	≈ 154 thousand km²
53	Netherlands Antilles	≈ 149 thousand km²
54	Nepal	≈ 149 thousand km²
55	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
56	Orange Free State	≈ 133 thousand km²
57	United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia	≈ 129 thousand km²
58	Oman	≈ 119 thousand km²
59	Honduras	≈ 115 thousand km²
60	Nicaragua	≈ 111 thousand km²
61	Lunda Empire	≈ 109 thousand km²
62	Guatemala	≈ 109 thousand km²
63	Greenland	≈ 104 thousand km²
64	Liberia	≈ 102 thousand km²
65	Imams of Yemen	≈ 95 thousand km²
66	Majeerteen Sultanate	≈ 92 thousand km²
67	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 88 thousand km²
68	Emirate of Jabal Shammar	≈ 84 thousand km²
69	Raj of Sarawak	≈ 80 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Bavaria	≈ 73 thousand km²
71	Trucial States	≈ 72 thousand km²
72	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 71 thousand km²
73	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
74	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
75	Costa Rica	≈ 56 thousand km²
76	Dominican Republic	≈ 53 thousand km²
77	Talpur dynasty	≈ 50 thousand km²
78	First Hellenic Republic	≈ 48 thousand km²
79	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
80	Serbs	≈ 41 thousand km²
81	Switzerland	≈ 41 thousand km²
82	Pahang Sultanate	≈ 41 thousand km²
83	Netherlands	≈ 41 thousand km²
84	Bhutan	≈ 40 thousand km²
85	Natalia Republic	≈ 37 thousand km²
86	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 37 thousand km²
87	First Empire of Haiti	≈ 31 thousand km²
88	Belgium	≈ 30 thousand km²
89	People's Republic of Zanzibar	≈ 28 thousand km²
90	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 27 thousand km²
91	Zululand	≈ 25 thousand km²
92	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 25 thousand km²
93	Portuguese Empire	≈ 24 thousand km²
94	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
95	El Salvador	≈ 22 thousand km²
96	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 22 thousand km²
97	Johor Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
98	Kingdom of Saxony	≈ 18 thousand km²
99	Kingdom of Württemberg	≈ 17 thousand km²
100	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 16 thousand km²
101	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
102	Grand Duchy of Baden	≈ 14 thousand km²
103	Papal States	≈ 14 thousand km²
104	Qatar	≈ 13 thousand km²
105	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
106	Duchy of Mecklenburg	≈ 11 thousand km²
107	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 9,327 km²
108	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
109	Bima Sultanate	≈ 7,717 km²
110	Grand Duchy of Hesse	≈ 7,383 km²
111	Montenegro	≈ 6,131 km²
112	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
113	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
114	Duchy of Oldenburg	≈ 4,807 km²
115	Duchy of Brunswick	≈ 4,704 km²
116	Bali	≈ 3,773 km²
117	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	≈ 3,610 km²
118	Saxe-Meiningen	≈ 3,184 km²
119	Free City of Lübeck	≈ 2,669 km²
120	Principality of Reuss-Gera	≈ 2,186 km²
121	Perlis	≈ 2,094 km²
122	Duchy of Anhalt	≈ 1,990 km²
123	Saxe-Altenburg	≈ 1,984 km²
124	Kamerun	≈ 1,898 km²
125	Hamburg	≈ 1,436 km²
126	House of Schwarzburg	≈ 1,079 km²
127	Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont	≈ 899 km²
128	House of Khalifa	≈ 881 km²
129	Principality of Lippe	≈ 720 km²
130	Free City of Bremen	≈ 517 km²
131	Andorra	≈ 380 km²
132	Monaco	≈ 94 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Tokugawa shogunate · Paraguay

Directions of expansion (1)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Empire of Japan → former land of Tokugawa shogunate, ≈ 402 thousand km²

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